that ainsly. i m exploring a run in new jersey for that reason. as a millennial we are watching the deficit explode. we are watching republicans talk about reducing the state and local tax deductions. and we are looking at a president who ran on populism now basically run on corporate particular backs. this is not the america, this is not the republican party that republicans like reagan used to stand for. democrats may not be perfect, but at least we are actively trying to make life better for the middle class. i m not really sure what republicans are doing. ainsley: interesting you are runny. made, maybe it s up to these local officials to lower the taxes state by salt the salt brackets. if you live in some of these highest taxed states, it gets very expensive. i absolutely hope that that will be the effect of passing federal tax reform. these states where the tax burden is extraordinarily high and politicians are inoculated from their decisions to keep taxes high by the local and
risk for the president. matt, that tweet i just read is not from abby hoffman, that s from walter shaub, a guy who has devoted his life to ethics in government. and he is far from alone. right. you re seeing a lot of concern about a firing that could take place. i think you would see a massive backlash to it. you can t discount the political winds, though, at the moment. after seeing what happened in virginia, after seeing what happened down in alabama, the president s power has been cut into a good bit. i think if you re a republican in congress, you re already thinking about 2018. and the prospect of defending the president or helping lay the groundwork for him firing the special counsel i don t think is especially appetizing after we ve seen him endorse candidates and those candidates go down, even in alabama. so jill, your advice to folks who are unsettled by the thought of any of these scenarios, correct me if i m wrong, is that
designed to do? you know, i think we started to see it this week. if you watched the house judiciary committee this wednesday when the deputy attorney general was there, something that a few months ago was a kind of fringe position in the republican party, that law enforcement couldn t be trusted, was really the mainstream position of republicans on that committee. just about every republican was asking questions designed to undermine the public s belief in the fbi and the justice department and ultimately the special counsel. i think the republican party is there. i don t know that they would support, you know, the firing of bob mueller right now. but look, you talked earlier in the show about conservative media. fox news, they decide what the music is and to a great extent a lot of these lawmakers then carry the tune. right now the music on fox and from the president on down is, bob mueller can t be trusted. frank, you get the last word. is it okay to admit that fbi agents like t
the new york times writes it this way, quote, they intend to kneecap him before he has the chance to recover. one reason for targeting bannon is the fear that he s going to launch another tea party style movement, an implosion, the possibility of losing more republican seats on the downside. again, as the times puts it, quote, the same angry politics are threatening again to undermine the party s fortunes in the upcoming midterm elections as a slate of potential candidates on the far right emerges bearing similarities to the unpredictable and amateurish nominees that hurt republicans, then, back then meaning the tea party. jonathan, if we are to believe steve bannon when he says mitch mcconnell, we re coming for you, especially if it s coming off a tax bill victory, do you bet against mitch mcconnell, necessarily? a lot of people have bet against mitch mcconnell over the years and lost. but what s interesting about this fight, brian, steve bannon
special counsel. the argument has been, look, it doesn t help you, you re innocent, you haven t done anything wrong, if that s the case then robert mueller is going to find that and you want him to be a credible validater when he comes to that conclusion. if the fact that the president is so worried that he s beginning to sort of slip out of the advice that ty cobb has given him, it makes you wonder why, what s happening right now that has him worried. obviously michael flynn cut a deal with the prosecutor. he pleaded guilty to a single relatively minor charge compared to all of the different types of evidence of charges that seemed to be gathered against him by the prosecutors. why does a prosecutor do that? because he thinks michael flynn has something worthwhile to tell him. so the heat is on right now in the white house. and a lot of people there in the white house don t necessarily know what might be going on,